“It’s an honor to dress the first lady,” Pierre said in a statement. “I was actually lucky because over my 20 years in the U.S., I dressed all the first ladies: Mrs. Clinton at Oscar [de la Renta], Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Obama at Carolina Herrera. So I feel lucky and honored to dress Melania Trump, but this time under my name.”

Pierre, a Frenchman, previously worked for Herrera, who designed Ivanka Trump’s inaugural ball gown. He is currently a freelance designer and not associated with a major fashion house.

While Ivanka’s dress gave off princess vibes, Melania’s gown was understated. The organza number, with a high leg slit and flowing fabric detailing, was accessorized with a thin red belt with a bow.

Melania follows other first ladies — Michelle Obama, Nancy Reagan, and Jacqueline Kennedy — in wearing white. As Hazel Clark, a professor of design and fashion studies and the research chair of fashion at Parsons School of Design in New York, told Yahoo Style, it’s a color that “in a Western context bears a relationship to birth, virginity, the wedding dress — significant rites of passage.”